Necktie



March 2, 1937. I. E. DICKINSON 7 2,072,422

NECKTIE Filed Feb. 3, 1936 IN VEN TOR. [be] E. BIC/ 1276022 Patented Mar. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES NECKTIE Ibel E. Dickinson, Los Angeles, Calif, assignor of one-tenth to John L. Greer and one-tenth to Jacob J. Kogan, both of Los Angeles, Calif.

Application February 3, 1936, Serial No. 62,159

, 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in neckties.

In the usual necktie construction, the goods or fabric employed in the making or manufacture ofsaid wearing apparel, is cut to a predetermined shape and folded to the form of a necktie, the outer side edges of the fabric not meeting each other when folded, usually leaving an open portion at the ends of said necktie, and the lining, if employed, being normally loosely inserted within the thus partially enclosed space within the necktie body (as formed by the aforesaid folded portions of the fabric). The lining is of such dimensions as to freely move within said space, thus permitting the lining to twist and curl. The latter prevents the necktie from holding its shape. Furthermore, the linings in the neckties manufactured and used until the present time, even if attached to the fabrics constituting the face material of the neckties, were attached thereto in such a manner as not to prevent the stretching, twisting, curling and other distortions of said necktie fabrics.

It is therefore the main object of the present invention to provide a necktie or like article of wearing apparel which avoids the above mentioned defects and objections.

It is a further object to provide a twist-proof, unstretchable necktie, scarf or the like article of wearing apparel in which the tie will hold its original shape, and which may be washed and ironed or pressed out straight without curling up or twisting.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing an improved construction of a necktie or like article of wearing apparel wherein the lining employed therein will not move relative to the face piece or portion of the fabric employed as the facing of the necktie.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved construction of a necktie or like'article of wearing apparel, as well as a method of manufacture thereof, wherein the fabric portion of the necktie, and the lining employed therewith, are cut, arranged, attached, afiixed and otherwise disposed, with reference to each other, so that the resultant necktie will resist stretching, twisting, curling and other distortions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

1 the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto. In the drawing, wherein like numerals, refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views:-

Figure 1 is a view of the manner in which the fabric or material is cut;

Figure la is a view of the lining employed in" the manufacture of the necktie according'to the 7 present invention;

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional diagrammatic views showing the fabric and lining united by stitching;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view showing the stitching at one end of the necktie;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one end of the necktie being tucked in;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view showing the tucked ends being brought out through the unsecured central or neck band portion of the necktie; and

Figure 7 is a view of the reverse or back side of the completed article of apparel.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the material or fabric used in the manufacture of the necktie will be cut preferably on the length or width. However, as will be pointed out hereinafter, the material may also be cut on the bias.

The face material or fabric, which term is used herein to denote and describe the material or' fabric constituting the outside portion of the necktie, as distinguished from the lining employed therein, is cut in a single piece and is generally indicated by the numeral It. As shown' more particularly in Figure 1, this piece of face material is designed and cut so as to provide the face portion II and the wing portions I2 and I3, the purpose of which will be described hereinbe- 7 low. The lining I5, shown more particularly in Figure 1a, is cut so as to conform substantially exactly to the face portion I I of the finished necktie.

In the manufacture of the necktie according to the present invention, the face material I0 is folded with the reverse or wrong side out, said folding being made so that the longitudinal edge H of the wing portion I 2 is in juxtaposition with the longitudinal edge I8 of wing portion I3. The lining I5 is then placed in juxtaposition with said folded material ID in such a manner that the longitudinal medialline 20 of lining I5 (shown as a broken line in Figure la) abuts against the aforementioned folded abutting edges I1 and I8 of material II]. The thus folded and aligned materials are then stitched together from end to end of the necktie as shown by numeral 22, with the exception of a small opening or unsecured portion 23 left in the central or neck band portion of the tie (as shown in Figure 6) said unsecured portion being left open for purposes described hereinbelow. The face material it and the lining I5 are then flattened out as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the face material folding, because of the manner in which it is out, along the broken lines 25 and 26 of Fig. 1. The ends 28 of the necktie, comprising the face and wing portions of face material l0 and the lining 15, are then stitched as at 21, the thus stitched ends being then tucked in through the interior 29 of the necktie.

Both ends of the necktie, as stitched in the manner described hereinabove, are thus tucked gradually through the above mentioned interior 29 of the necktie until said ends begin to protrude, as this is shown in Figure 6, through the unsecured portion 23. The ends are then further pulled out, thus causing the tie to be reversed so as to have the lining I5 in the interior of the thus manufactured tie, the face material having its face or right side of the material exposed, as this is shown in Figure '7. The unstitched portion 23 is then carefully secured or stitched to produce the necktie constituting the object of this invention.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that the cutting of the lining to substantially the exact dimensions of the finished tie, coupled with the stitching of said lining along its longitudinal ly the specific manner of attachment of the lining, prevents the stretching of the fabric constituting the facing of the necktie.

Although it is advantageous to cut the fabric along the length or width of the material, the presence of the lining, and particularly the specific manner of its attachment to the fabric, allows said latter to be out along the bias of the material, still preventing the curling and twisting, as well as the stretching of the finished article of apparel. When made of fast color materials, whether silk, cotton or wool, the tie will wash and iron, and still maintain its shape.

t will be obvious that various changes in construction, combination and arrangement may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, which latter is limited only by the appended claim.

I claim:

A necktie construction comprising a fabric cut to provide a face portion and wing portions adapted to be folded to form the back face or portion of the necktie, a lining substantially exactly the size of the face portion of the fabric, said lining being stitched along its longitudinal medial line, and from one extremity thereof to the other, to the folded longitudinal edges of said wing portions of the necktie, the face portion and said folded wing portions being stitched at the terminal ends of the necktie, by a row of stitching, to the terminal end portions of the lining,

whereby said lining is prevented from being dis- I 

